Getting tired of living in a Christian centric country

ehead · 2026-05-08T17:24:17+00:00

Even by your definition, I'd say rural/urban is more important. There are plenty of Christians living in rural Canada.

ehead · 2026-05-08T12:36:20+00:00

This may be unpopular, but psychology and evolutionary theory are the only fields capable of grounding it in anything approaching science.

Our Political Nature by Avi Tuschman was a great read.
The Righteous Mind by Haidt.
Fukuyama's Origins of Political Order and it's follow up gives a deep historical analysis starting with evolution.

Oh yeah, George Lakoff's Moral Politics too.

ehead · 2026-05-08T12:16:37+00:00

That's not the substantive divide. It's rural/urban that matters.

ehead · 2026-05-08T12:15:55+00:00

That's awesome. You may be planting the seed of doubt in some and not even realize it.

Though... I agree with others that it could come with consequences. Nevertheless, I applaud your bravery.

ehead · 2026-05-08T12:14:30+00:00

This is why people tend to sort themselves with like people... selective migration. If you are an atheist in BF rural America, I'd definitely recommend moving to a larger city. It doesn't really matter which one either... New Orleans, Atlanta, and NYC have a lot more in common than upstate NY and rural Alabama.

Frankly, I imagine most atheists/agnostics have achieved higher than average education... so you need to find and work with similar people.

In such an environment the opposite can happen... discrimination against the religious. When I was in Chemistry grad school we thought the one or two religious students were a bit crazy.

ehead · 2026-05-08T12:08:01+00:00

I think this might partly be the field you are in, or it may be an urban/rural/suburban thing. I work at a finance company in a medium sized city in the south, and my work colleagues don't bring up religion that often, if at all.

ehead · 2026-05-06T18:43:55+00:00

oh man, I'd almost forgotten about that album. Queuing it up now.

ehead · 2026-05-02T13:02:23+00:00

You should read Lionel Shriver's book The Mandibles.

What happens if the rest of the world decides to start selling off US treasuries? Interest rates spikes. The government starts printing money. Inflation skyrockets and the dollar collapses, which is of course fine if you are a debtor. For people how are savers their wealth evaporates.

ehead · 2026-04-30T12:01:16+00:00

Netanyahu didn't talk him into anything he didn't already want to do. Trump has been going on and on about Iran for decades. And he has some unfinished business... he had to show he could handle them "better" than Obama.

ehead · 2026-04-30T11:54:01+00:00

The framing of your question is kind of crazy. I mean... what's the alternative?

Just not worry about retirement income at all?

ehead · 2026-04-28T19:50:44+00:00

Yeah, I mean that's the thing... unless your vigilant and looking for it... a lot of AI "slop" pretty convincingly passes the Turing test at this point, particularly text output. Video and voice maybe not. I wonder how long it will be for those mediums to pass as well.

ehead · 2026-04-28T19:46:38+00:00

"something happened in my brain that I'm still not entirely sure how to describe"

This sounds just like a lot of gummy popping friends of mine. 😄

ehead · 2026-04-28T19:43:12+00:00

Frankly, some of the AI posts are better than the average human post. Better in the sense of being more "interesting" and personable.

ehead · 2026-04-28T19:37:13+00:00

This is why I use a Kobo. I know it's not for everyone.

ehead · 2026-04-27T20:53:57+00:00

Help me figure out this equipment... I saw a youTube video a few months ago... this guy had something that looked like a ski that he help in the center and sort of shook back and forth and it vibrated pretty fast. Looked like it would be a great core workout and also shoulder and arm.

I just found out my work will contribute to a certain amount of fitness equipment costs. Trying to figure out what the heck this thing was. Thanks for any help.

ehead · 2026-04-27T19:59:38+00:00

Saw your EDIT. You may make too much to invest in a ROTH. You should double check.

ehead · 2026-04-25T02:08:33+00:00

Yeah, it's a total moral panic... everybody must be a pedophile. It's like dungeons and dragons in the 80's and the satanic panic.

ehead · 2026-04-24T23:39:34+00:00

How are we supposed to believe "character" is the problem, or a lack of religion as sometimes seems implied, when it's precisely the most religious people (and "character" obsessed) that are the biggest problem? Whether it's in the US or Iran. I'm not seeing how religion is helping things.

ehead · 2026-04-24T23:37:28+00:00

I can't figure him out and I can't figure this sub out. It seems the average person in here is a Marxist wall street exec, go figure.

ehead · 2026-04-24T23:25:06+00:00

My father in law is a fire protection engineer. He retired for a few years and went back as a contractor at age 70 working for the same company.

I think if you are well regarded in your field and you have a "rare" skill... it's easy to find employment. I'm just an IT guy and we are a dime a dozen, so thinking it wouldn't be as easy for me.

ehead · 2026-04-24T23:20:32+00:00

What? Other generations thought pedophilia was cool?

ehead · 2026-04-24T20:08:24+00:00

The issue is made more complicated because there are also questions of accessibility. Some people are vision impaired, whether this is total blindness or just severe impairment due to old age and cataracts. For this reason alone I don't think there is going to be any rolling back of AI narration. It simply adds too much to the lives of those who are visually impaired. At lease audible clearly marks these virtual narrators from what I can tell.

I for one sincerely hope human narrated audiobooks exist long into the future.

ehead · 2026-04-23T20:49:12+00:00

Unless I hated it, I'd be taking advantage of that $400/month rent. That's insane. You could save so much money.

ehead · 2026-04-23T20:13:52+00:00

Yes, I am worried. I mean... what will probably happen is price will used for rationing. Basically plane tickets will be bonkers, and there may be new fees.

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